Places 85wombats Wants to Go

The ruins of a hermitage constructed during the 12th century.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

For decades, these ships have been lying in rust awaiting a final decision on their fate.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.